News
Phil Bacharach
As executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Oklahoma affiliate, Bell has been on the front lines of some of the most divisive controversies in arguably the most culturally conservative state in the country.
Sunday 19 May
OKG Newsletter
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Liberty’s Bell
Oklahoma ACLU director Joann Bell retires after 20-plus years.
News
Phil Bacharach
As executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Oklahoma affiliate, Bell has been on the front lines of some of the most divisive controversies in arguably the most culturally conservative state in the country.
Munn ho!: Fourth in a series
Infinitely newsworthy.
CFN
Gazette staff
Last week, one of the most burning questions surrounding former Oklahoman turned actress/model/geek icon (and now unwitting Oklahoma Gazette cover girl!) Olivia Munn is one that will have been answered by the time you read this.
Dogtooth
Remarkable.
Drama
Doug Bentin
In “Dogtooth,” a remarkable, absurdist dark comedy from Greece, the meaning of every plot turn and character is up for grabs.
What’s up? Docs
You’re in for a mostly gripping marathon of global challenges with this year’s Oscar nominees for documentary shorts.
Features
Rod Lott
Some suggestions before 7:30 p.m. Thursday, when the Oklahoma City Museum of Art screens this year’s five Oscar-nominated documentary short films, each roughly 40 minutes in length. Visit the restroom first. Get comfy. Have some Kleenex handy. And perhaps a handful of St. John’s wort.
Freedom fighter
Letters to the Editor
James Nimmo
In response to Jason Reese’s Feb. 9 Commentary (“Point: Legislate morality, Gazette), I would like to say that it’s one thing for Reese to have the courage of his personal convictions, but it’s quite another thing to urge passage of legislation that would use the police power of the state to impose his convictions on others.
Little monsters
Petite Sirah can be a huge beast of a wine, but in the right hands it becomes one of the richest, most uncommon diversions from the ordinary.
Food and Drink Features
Greg Horton
Alder Yarrow is a wine critic known for his work in and around San Francisco, as well as his highly respected and frequently visited wine blog, Vinography. Recently, he wrote an entry on Petite Sirah, a grape that has its problems, both with popularity and with unskilled winemakers.
‘Nerd’ humor
An early-’80s comedy has a hard time translating to the 21st century.
Performing Arts
Larry Laneer
The Nerd
8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday Through March 5
Pollard Theatre
120 W. Harrison, Guthrie
282-2800
$15-$20
Uneasy eats
Is the food on the menu leaving you stumped? We’ve got you covered with simple rules for eating tricky dishes while staying within the boundaries of etiquette.
Food and Drink Features
Carol Smaglinski
We’ve all had it happen at least once in our lives. You try to cut in half a garnet red beet, but instead send the firm root vegetable dancing off the plate onto the spotless white tablecloth or the floor.
A bone to pick with Sen. Josh Brecheen
Letters to the Editor
Amy Briceno
One needn’t be the sharpest tooth in the hound to imagine why you, Sen. Josh Brecheen, would advocate repeal of SB 1712. I suspect one only need follow the money trail. I’d be willing to bet you have a friend or two with “puppy mill-itis.”
Con Artist
The documentary ‘Con Artist’ is a brush with greatness — or is that arrogance? — as it profiles art-world scourge Mark Kostabi.
Documentary
Rod Lott
Con Artist
8 p.m. Friday-Saturday
Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch
OKCMOA.com, 236-3100
$8, $6 seniors
